ORBI Quesitons on Backhaul and Satellites

[marcoa]

HI There. I have (2) questions. 

1)  How many satellites can I connect to a RBR50 Router? Currently I have (3) satellites connected, and I am thinking of connecting (1) more satellite. 

2)  In my garage, on the wireless backhaul connection, I get an orange light, or fair/poor backhaul status. I have the option of putting a TPLINK Powerline in order to make it a wired connection with "GOOD" status. Should I leave it as wireless or should I attach the Powerline? 

Thanks. 

[ekhalil]

1. Netgear recommends up to 4 units but many others have had success with more than that on the network. One thing to keep in mind is that the wireless backhaul is a shared bandwidth among all the satellites. The more satellites you add, the less bandwidth is available for each satellite to connect to the router. This is -obviously- mitigated by using Ethernet Backhaul.  

2. If despite having a poor backhaul to the satellite you can see that devices covered by that satellite are getting good internet then I don't see why you will need to add extra equipment. If otherwise then one option would be to change to a wired backhaul using powerline.

[CrimpOn]

Also, PowerLine is sensitive to wiring.  In the small print, PowerLine is described as having wonderful performance when connecting devices on the same circuit.  In a modern house, computer devices are almost certain to be connected to a number of different circuits, so PowerLine signals have to cross circuit breakers and even phases.  It is also sensitive to distance.  In my own case, I installed the AV2000 (PA-9020) series of PowerLine from TP-Link.  Between my office and bedroom (on the exact same circuit), I get over a gigabit.  However, to my garage which is on a different circuit and thus means going across the house to the electric panel and then back across the house to the garage, I get just over 100MB.  Still good enough for my needs, but a lot lower than I expected.

@ekhalil is right.  "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."